Some schools close their doors forever. Others never truly empty.
Haunted Schools is your ultimate guide to the most haunted schools, universities, dormitories, and educational institutions in the world. From abandoned schoolhouses and historic campuses to active schools with restless spirits, we explore the tragic histories, ghostly students, phantom teachers, and documented paranormal activity that make these places some of the most terrifying haunted locations on Earth.
Late-night footsteps in empty hallways. Lockers slamming with no one around. Children laughing where no children remain.
Explore the Haunted Schools Collection
- Most Haunted Schools In-depth guides to the world’s most active haunted schools and universities, including specific classrooms, auditoriums, and dorm rooms with the highest activity.
- Ghostly Students & Teachers The tragic stories of students who never graduated, teachers who never left, and tragic accidents that left permanent echoes.
- Paranormal Evidence EVP recordings of children reciting lessons, shadow figures in hallways, desks moving on their own, and apparitions caught on camera.
- Famous Haunted Schools Waverly Hills Sanatorium (school wing), Old City Hall School, The Myrtles Plantation schoolhouse, and many more.
- Abandoned & Active Schools Both long-abandoned school buildings and still-operating schools with reported hauntings.
- Visitor & Investigation Guides How to safely explore haunted schools (when permitted), best times to investigate, and essential ghost hunting equipment.
- Reader Submissions True stories from former students, teachers, and paranormal investigators who experienced something unforgettable inside these haunted schools.
We treat these locations with respect while uncovering the dark and often heartbreaking stories behind the hauntings.
Some schools teach history. Others are trapped in it.
Ready to walk the empty hallways?
Browse our haunted schools collection and discover where education meets the eternal. Here are just a few that we found:
Decatur High School – Decatur, AL
In Decatur, Alabama, on Prospect Drive, sits Decatur High School. The school was built in 1950. Since that time, students and teachers alike have reported seeing white moving apparitions roaming through the hallways and classrooms at the school. Read more…
Gorman School – Lebec, CA
The Gorman School in Lebec, CA has been haunted since it was built in 1938. It was built on the site of a farm where a 12-year-old girl named Harriet lived and was accidentally crushed by her father’s tractor. She was buried on the property. Read more…
Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA
Located in Seattle, Washington and built in 1907, the Seattle Central Community College was originally called Broadway High School and then the Burnley School of Professional Art before it became the South Annex of Seattle Central Community College in 1986. Read more…
Coe College – Cedar Rapids, IA
A ghost called Helen is said to haunt this campus. The young coed died from influenza in 1918 and her spirit is alleged to have taken up residence in an old grandfather clock in Voorhees Hall, which was her previous dorm. The clock had been donated to the college by Helen’s folks. Read more…
Reynolds College – Denver, CO
The historic Reynolds College in Denver, CO is haunted by Madge Reynolds, who had an adulterous love affair with Denver Post owner Fred Bonfils. She collapsed and died in her bedroom after returning from a horseback ride with Bonfils. Ever since, her white ghost is seen in the rooms on the north side of the house.